Improved olothes-deier



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Be it known that I, J. R. WATKINS, of Maine Prairie, in the -county ofStearns, and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and improvedClothes-Drier; and I'do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of theconstructon and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a partof thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view.V Figure 2 is a.cross-section. The object of this invention is to furnish tothe publica. simple, cheap, and durable device for confining aud'holding` the armsof a clothes-drier, and'for supporting the same from the vertical Wallsof the room or building where th instrument is in use.

` In the drawings, A is a plate, of castiron or other suitable material,of the form shown in fig.- 1, andprovided with a lug, B, cast upon ornear its lower end, a cruciform slot, C, near its upper extremity, andscrew.

holes,`D D, by which to fasten it to any vertical wall, E.' F is a lug,similar in shape to the lug B, and directly above it, which is capableof working up and down,`

in connection with the slot C, by means of a screw-rod, G, having a nut,I't is held in the slot by means of' a. head, m, attached vto its innerside by `a neck or shank, n.

The head can be inserted at the arms of the the'cross, and`then, if thelug be slipped up or down., itl will be impossible for it to becomedetached, 'as the head can be withdrawn onlyat thel wide part, or arms,of the cross,`where it had been introduced. i. 1 y

The manner of thus attaching the lug to the plate, so that it will beheld securely, and yet bc capable of vertical movement, will be Aclearlyunderstood by a glance at fig. 1.

The rear side-oi` the plate A is made suciently concave `to allow thehead m to move freely up and down without coming in contact with thewall. 1 Y In practical operation, the plate A is screwed to the wall,where the clothes-drier is to be used, the nut H is unscrewed, andtheupper end of the rod G' removed from the lug F. Thearms of theclothes-drier represented by the red lines of tig. 2`are then insertedupon the rod, one above another, and radiating in diiferent directions.The rod is then 'inserted into the lug again, and the screw-nut placedon itand screwed down,

forcing the lug F down upon the arms,`and clamping them rigidly betweenthe two lugs, in which position the device is ready! for use. v

Having thus described my invention, what I cla-im as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- 1. The plate A, having the concave rearside, and provided with the cruciform slot'C, screw-holes D D, andthe'lug B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with` the above, the screw-rod G, nutH, and lug F,having the head m and shank n, substantially as described. 1

J. It. WATKINS.

Witnesses:

B. N. WATKINs, D.E. MYERS.

